Chances at Olin and UW-Seattle?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm almost a senior now and I've narrowed my list down to two schools (!) Deep down, I really just want to go to Olin. I love the "different" teaching style, the size, the location, the people... I feel like it's perfect, but I was curious is anything I could do to improve my chances at going there. I'm open to any and all suggestions!</p>

<p>** The Basics **
-White female from Seattle area
-GPA: 3.9 (College) 3.7 (High school, but upward trend ;))
-Test scores: Retaking ACT tomorrow, currently have a 29 :(
-Recs: Expecting to be very good. I get along really well with my professors because they're awesome and I think they realize I work hard
-Essays: Hopefully good, I had a lot of cool experiences in life but not super good at writing
-Major: Engineering (either Aerospace, Mechanical, or Physics)</p>

<p>** Courseload **
I'm in a dual enrollment program, which I really like because I get to take some really cool classes!
Junior Year (Quarter-Long Classes)
-Calculus 1 (Differential)
-Calculus 2 (Integral)
-Physics 121 (Mechanics)
-General Chemistry
-College Composition
-Writing from Research
-Technical Writing
-Comparitive World Politics
-AP US History (Online)</p>

<p>Summer between Junior and Senior Year
-Calculus 3 (Multivariable)
-Physics 122 (E and M)
-Spanish 103 (Advanced First Year)</p>

<p>Senior Year (Projected)
-Physics 123 (Waves)
-Physics 224 (Thermo)
-Physics 225 (Modern Physics!)
-Astronomy 201 (Intro. Astronomy for Scientists and Engineers)
-US Government
-Differential Equations
-Linear Algebra
-Senior Health
-Team Sports
-American Literature</p>

<p>*Extracurriculars *</p>

<p>Taekwondo (11 Years!)
-National/International Champion all that jazz (junior olympics and us open)
-Trained at Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for a short time
-Third degree black belt
-Past captain of junior and senior state teams</p>

<p>NASA SHARP (Summer 2005)
-Got to go to this awesome program last summer (summer after sophomore year). I don't think it needs much explanation but it was basically the coolest thing I've ever done.</p>

<p>SciTech in Israel (Tentatively Summer 2006)
-Applying to this research program at the Technion in Israel. Pretty excited, will get to help out with research and see Israel/ practice my Hebrew! </p>

<p>Volunteer (2-3 hours/week)
-Basically, I just volunteer at the elementary school in my free time so that I don't get bored. I teach keyboarding and individually tutor the cutest little third graders I've ever seen in math and reading. It's fun.</p>

<p>College Confidential/Facebook (too much time)
-haha, just kidding! I do spend a lot of time on CC and Facebook, but that probably won't be going down on my app!</p>

<p>Sorry about the very long post. I think I'm just really nervous because I've finally found a school I love and I want to go there sooooo bad. I'm not as worried about getting into UW because I'm instate, but I just feel Olin would be a much better fit! So...what are my chances?</p>

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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I'm going to be a freshman at Olin (I move in this Saturday!). You can get into Olin. The stuff you've done outside of class looks totally Olin-style to me. My advice would be to spend a lot of time on your essays, and get friends who write well to look them over and help you out. Make them creative, make them funny, answer the prompt.</p>

<p>Even after Candidates' Weekend I thought I would be rejected, but I could always go back and read my main essay and think, "There's no way they don't want the guy who wrote this."</p>

<p>Be yourself, be honest (that's kind of the same thing), and be passionate.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Your test scores seem to be way below the usual range of Olin (wasn't it 25th percentile having 1450/1600 SAT?). But other than that it looks good.</p>

<p>Technion, eh? I lived in Haifa for four years (that's where Technion is) and I hated it. Maybe you would like it better though. Go see university of Haifa sometimes. They're pretty cool too.</p>

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<p>Community college is a reach, but with such impressive EC as

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College Confidential/Facebook (too much time)

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it is slight reach, but still I'd not rely on it too much; try applying to Hamburger U just to be safe.

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-Major: Engineering (either Aerospace, Mechanical, or Physics)

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Beside, everyone knows that the only normal major a person can take is Theoretical Physics.</p>

<p>[seriousness = true]You're in at UW :) [/seriousness]</p>

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<p>Well you're in at UW-Seattle honors... lol</p>